Judge, 1920-04-24 · page 10 of 36
Judge — April 24, 1920 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains three separate satirical pieces typical of Judge's social commentary: **"His Lack"** mocks a man who laughed so hard on a train that he became separated from his clothes, arriving at a hotel in pajamas in freezing weather. The irony: his predicament has eliminated his sense of humor entirely. The satire targets how misfortune strips away levity. **"The Senator"** offers a brief political jab: a senator is "painted" badly but also morally "whitewashed"—suggesting politicians present false public images while concealing corruption. **"A Glimmer of Hope"** references an actual crime: Isaac Isakowitz, who killed a dentist, claimed he was poisoned. The satire darkly suggests that if delusion becomes a valid murder defense, many anxious urbanites (paranoid about restaurants, landlords, doctors) could similarly claim justified homicide. It's biting commentary on urban paranoia and legal absurdity. The bottom illustration depicts modest houses, captioning concerns about rising material costs—economic anxiety of the era.
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His Lack By ‘Tow P. Moxuas A MAN sense of youmer unless he hasn't really gota can laugh when the joke is on philosophically said the tlord of the Petunia tavem. On the eastbound train last night gent clad only in his perjammers paid a visit to an acquaintance in the smoking room of the Pullmen just ahead. There was a litth iry licker mixed up in the Tsation, and the stories were L so funny that he lingered and piece of t laughed till a late hour. Then when he had laughed all he wanted to and started back to his own car he found it had been cut off two hours before and his clothes were miles and miles in arrears. They put him off the train here to wait for his clothes to be brung along on the ten- thirty train this moming. He wasn’t laughing none when he came sliding along to the hotel here in the frosty moonlight, and he hasn't laughed any since. He’s up in room 16 now, waiting for his clothes to come. You can go up and take a look at him if you want to, and try to make him laugh. But I don’t believe you can get a giggle out of him. A couple of dozen fellers have tried it already, and none of ‘em scemed to cheer him up any.” bon Drown by H. \. Prornses to mother) the sky con’ The Senator “He isn’t as bad as he’s painted.” “Nor as clean as he’s whitewashed, eyether.” Have Kinp oF Houses We'tt To Buito tr 10 A Glimmer of Hope Ry Kexnera Axorews Isaac Isakowitz in a statemen: t the Assistant District - Attorney, said that he killed the dentist because b thought he toas being poisoned to death News Item, MA SY will watch the progress of this case with furtive in terest. If such hallucinations are established as adequate defens« for murder it will simplify life considerably, How many men legve the telephone each day under the im- pression that they have been de- liberately tortured? How many inhabitants of the delicatessen belt fold up their napkins after the evening meal convinced that a certain white aproned autocrat in a little store down the strect has deter mined to starve them to death? How many haunted tenants have nightmares in which their landlords figure as tyrants bent on,gqupezing the life blood out of them? sii | Unquestionably if Mr. Isakowitz is acquitted on these grounds life will be simplified considerably. k at the funn Harassed “Doc, you must do something about this red nose of mine “It isn’t serious. For ten years you haven't bothered.” “T know, But now my friends are worrying me to death Think I’ve got a secret stock.” Prices rox Materiacs Continue to INCREASE comicbooks.com